Sports Illustrated wonders if the team is wearing out running back Chris Johnson:
After more than 600 carries in two years and more than 400 touches in 2009, it may be worth asking the question. Unless the Titans show more discretion and keep him out of harm’s way more often, aren’t they shortening Chris Johnson’s career? [...]
ProFootballTalk has reported that the new deal Chris Johnson signed today was only $1.25 Million more than his previous contract. Johnson’s base salary will still be at $550,000 but the $1.25 Million will be added as a signing bonus, PFT reports.
However, the deal does have some incentives and bonuses to reach an estimated $2.035 Million. [...]
Pro Bowl running back Chris Johnson and the Titans have agreed to a restructured deal, but the deal still is not signed, a source confirmed to ESPN NFL Insider Adam Schefter. The agreement was first reported by Profootballtalk.com. Both sides are reviewing the contract, which could be signed within the next 48 hours. Some of [...]
KFFL.com, a premiere fantasy site, says that Titans back Chris Johnson should cross the goal-line 11 to 13 times in 2010, but the holdout could be a major concern:
Pros: Speed … and a lot of it. Johnson makes it all look so effortless as he weaves his way through traffic before turning on the jets. [...]
Chris Johnson is taking bets these days, as on Twitter earlier this evening he threw up the following about what he thinks is going to happen in the 2010 season:
Early prediction: if #VinceYoung stays healthy @ChrisJohnson28 wit b da 1st bak wit two consecutive 2000 seasons!!! takin all bets!!![Ima do it regardless
Johnson sends out [...]
Titans Pro Bowl running back Chris Johnson is giving kids affected by the recent floods the opportunity to attend his annual football camp. Chris is working with the Nashville Red Cross to identify 25 area youth whose families suffered losses in the floods and would benefit from attending his camp.
Each of these [...]
The Tennessee Titans, on their win-loss record alone, are a better team with quarterback Vince Young behind center. Without Young? Apparently not so much. As the Titans and St. Louis Rams battled for 60 minutes at LP Field, Young would play but injure himself midway through the second quarter and would not return. Fortunately for [...]
As I have said on more than one occasion in reference to the Indianapolis Colts, they find new and creative ways to win each and every week. Some weeks, it is Peyton Manning and his arm, some weeks it’s their secondary, while sometimes they come from behind. The Colts didn’t have to rely on a [...]
The Titans are on a winning streak. One game, of course. Now that they have won a game, one of their best players seems to think that they can go on a much longer winning streak. Nine games long. That player is Chris Johnson, who says that there’s no doubt that [...]
At the end of the year, this loss may not matter. But boy would it have been great to get it.
For the Titans, the effort was just short as the Super Bowl champion Steelers topped Tennessee with a 3-yard OT field to escape with a 13-10 win Thursday night. The Titans nearly lost [...]
